1978 in archaeology
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The year 1978 in archaeology
involved some significant events.
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
involved some significant events.
Excavations
- New excavations at BrahmagiriBrahmagiri archaeological siteBrahmagiri is an archaeological site located in the Chitradurga district of the state of Karnataka, India. The site was first explored by Benjamin L. Rice in 1891, who discovered rock edicts of Emperor Ashoka here. These rock edicts indicated that the locality was termed as Isila and denoted the...
by Amalananda Ghosh.
Finds
- February 21 - The remains of the Great Pyramid of TenochtitlanGreat Pyramid of TenochtitlanThe ' was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica...
. - Bactrian GoldBactrian GoldThe Bactrian Treasure is a treasure cache that lay under the "Hill of Gold" in Afghanistan for 2,000 years until Soviet archeologists exposed it shortly before the 1979 invasion...
hoard.
Publications
- Lewis R. Binford - Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology.
- Mounir Bouchenaki - Cités antiques d'Algérie.
- Richard A. Gould (ed.) - Explorations in Ethnoarchaeology.
- Keith MuckelroyKeith MuckelroyKeith Muckelroy was a pioneer of maritime archaeology. In 1976 he published a paper in which he proposed a theory for the formation of shipwreck sites. He later expanded this theory in a book...
- Maritime Archaeology.
Events
- Theban Mapping ProjectTheban Mapping ProjectTheban Mapping Project was established in 1978 by the Theban Foundation, itself established by British archaeologist and Egyptologist John Romer with the goal to create a masterplan of the Valley of the Kings and of the sites of the Theban Necropolis in general....
is established. - March 31 - 6,000 people march through Dublin to Wood QuayWood QuayWood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. Dublin Corporation acquired Wood Quay gradually between 1950 and 1975, finally announcing that it would be the location of their new offices. Finds made during the initial excavation of the site led to a massive, but...
to protest against the building of civic offices on the VikingVikingThe term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
site.